What did you pay for your Passat?

[OilBurna]

Jsut curious I'm happy to share if others are.

Model - 103kw poor mans TDI Wagon. (its Jan 07 Compliance build Oct 06)

bought May 07.

Options:

See Sig. ie Dead Cow and Sunroof.

Dealer - Rex Gorell in Geelong Vic.

Car was in stock, otherwise looking at 3-4 month wait.

$46209 Drive Away, not bad compared to a ex demo one I saw at Barloworld Glen Waverley, the only difference having 18 inch alloys and met paint which sold for over 52k..

[xcgumby]

2005 3B6 V6 Wagon. Auto, dead cow, complete roof. 17"s $47k on road purchased 7/2006. 15 000kms

[richdave]

07 build - 08 compliance, brand new 125Kw DSG wagon with leather, sunroof, foggies, bluetooth, iPod adaptor, metalic paint. $52.4K drive away ... List is $58.6K

[Pete57]

08 compliance - 125tdi wagon, mocha metallic paint, 18inch Chicago wheels, memory seats, auto tailgate

$53K drive away.

We ordered early Jan, deliver early April

Was done to the Passat or wait for the Holden Sportswagon Calais V spec...

[richdave]

08 compliance - 125tdi wagon, mocha metallic paint, 18inch Chicago wheels, memory seats, auto tailgate

$53K drive away.

Thats a good saving - almost 7% off list

[RWK]

Hi, I am new to this forum. I have just ordered my new Passat Sedan TDi 125kw DSG (Black Pearl in Colour) through company salary package scheme. The car will arrive in 5 months time (July approx) as the factory order has just been sent through to Germany. Please comment as I think I got an extremely cheap deal.

Here are the details of the car.

Drive Away Price : $53,221.25
Options : Metallic Paint, Fog Lights, Alarm, Electric Seats with Memory, Sunroof, Leather Package with heated seat (Black Leather), Bi-Xenon Headlights with cornering light, Satellite Navigation RNS 510, 1st Tank Fuel and Darkest Legal windows tinting.

List is $63,429

[richdave]

Drive Away Price : $53,221.25
Options : Metallic Paint, Fog Lights, Alarm, Electric Seats with Memory, Sunroof, Leather Package with heated seat (Black Leather), Bi-Xenon Headlights with cornering light, Satellite Navigation RNS 510, 1st Tank Fuel and Darkest Legal windows tinting.

List is $63,429

That is an astounding deal on the face of it. 16% off RRP however most of the saving (I suspect) is due to it being a GST exempt purchase.... if so it still represents aprox 7.5% discount off the pre GST price which is great by anyones figures.

Will you use the car mainly as a business vehicle or is it mainly private use?

[RWK]

That is an astounding deal on the face of it. 16% off RRP however most of the saving (I suspect) is due to it being a GST exempt purchase.... if so it still represents aprox 7.5% discount off the pre GST price which is great by anyones figures.

Will you use the car mainly as a business vehicle or is it mainly private use?

It's GST Exempted. Also mainly for private use.

Also i wanted to find out. I saw a lot of clips from You Tube about this car.
For the electric seat with memory, would the seat slide backward when the door is open for entering the vehicle, like those topline BMW or Merc. Coz in the clips there. The seat actually doest that. Could anyone who has memory seat answer my question. Thanks!!

[vanDub]

MY08, 08 build (Feb or Mar), Granite Metallic Passat sedan TDI (125kw), DSG, leather seats, all on roads with Vic rego, drive away with $2210 of accessories (tow bar, bonnet & headlight protectors, 4 mudflaps and rear sun blind).
List price $54688 getting it for $48620 (Corporate discount helped big time)

[guthrie]

would the seat slide backward when the door is open for entering the vehicle, like those topline BMW or Merc.

In my Passat, I have one seat position saved to one key (my wifes) and my seat position on mine. If the car is locked after my wife uses the car, the seat slides to my position when I use my key and open the door - if that makes sense..

On the topic of this thread, paid $55k inc Stamp Duty rego etc for a 103kW Tdi sedan with 18's and Sport Suspension, Sunroof, Leather with Electric seats, Dynaudio, Ipod adapter, integrated child seats, Bi-xenons and tint

[R36 Dreamer]

R36 Cost

Howdy,

Just finalised the order - thought it best to finalise before posting.

Final on road price for R36 Wagon with Auto Tailgate, iPod Prep, Sunroof was $64k

Considering all the options which come standard on the car I am pretty chuffed with the price.

Car is novated lease, so GST is deducted from the above - so it works out as a sharp price.

Now just the wait....

[RWK]

In my Passat, I have one seat position saved to one key (my wifes) and my seat position on mine. If the car is locked after my wife uses the car, the seat slides to my position when I use my key and open the door - if that makes sense..

On the topic of this thread, paid $55k inc Stamp Duty rego etc for a 103kW Tdi sedan with 18's and Sport Suspension, Sunroof, Leather with Electric seats, Dynaudio, Ipod adapter, integrated child seats, Bi-xenons and tint

Thanks, I actually went to the dealership and got the same answer as what you have said here. Cheers.

[t25turbo]

R36 Dreamer - I am very keen for one of these also. WIth that novated lease, can (will) you keep the car at the end of the lease? I assume that is when you can opt to pay the 40% balloon payment and keep the car, or re-do the lease with another car? Or am I off track?
I can get one of these before tax deals through work as well, where everything is included, but you have to do 25,000kms or a set amount of kms per year or else you attract FBT. This package is where they include the tyres, rego, fuel, servicing and everything else. definitely worth considering (for me).

[richdave]

I can get one of these before tax deals through work as well, where everything is included, but you have to do 25,000kms or a set amount of kms per year or else you attract FBT.

The FBT can be calculated 2 ways...

Statutory method - fixed percentage of car purchase price based on your annual milage. Best suited to people with high Km's and high personal usage.
Low KM's costs a bomb! Usually used by lease companie and employers as it is easy to administer.

Total kms PA Vs Statutory %

Less than 15,000 - 26%

15,000 to 24,999 - 20%

25,000 to 40,000 - 11%

Over 40,000 - 7%

Thus a 50K car would have FBT of $13K if you do less than 15,000km PA on top of the cost of your lease...



Operating Cost method - based on the the actual operating cost of the car and the % personal use. Best suits people with high business usage and is independant of milage. High business % but low annual milage makes the FBT really low. Usually better option for employees esp is the car is a tool of trade car (sales reps, service techs etc)

Thus a car that cost $15K PA to run (lease, fuel etc) and was 85% business use, the FBT would be $2475.00 on top of the cost of your lease...


Both methods allow the FBT to be offset by an after tax contribution on a dollar for dollar basis.

Bare in mind that a novated lease will include the "expected" FBT liability in the monthly payments and as long as you do the required km PA or your business usage % is as expected (depending on the method used) you wont have any issues.

http://calculators.ato.gov.au/script..._car.xr4&go=ok

This link is to the ATO calculator if ya want to play with it.

I had a novated lease and had to do 25K PA and found myself driving up and down the freeway EVERY day for a few weeks to hit the magic milage by year end so my FBT did not go from 11% to 20% and be forced to find an extra $4K to give the tax man.

I have gone with a CHP arrangement this time and write off my business % of depreciation, running exp, and interest. But then I do low km's and have high business usage (85-90%)

BTW. I'm no expert and donot presume to offer advice... just giving some public domain info for consideration along with my own experiences.

BOTTOM LINE... get your own financial advice before you rush into anything....

[slitko]

Guys does the build and compliance date make a big difference in price?

Just an example I ordered my EOS and had to re-order it already for the new satnav system. So it is a 2007 build car but 2008 compliance model. I should get it cheaper since it was built last year yeah? I have already gotten $6k off the price but want more now since it is a 2007 built car.